Television Reviews

Doctor Who – The Robot Revolution

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Doctor Who returns for a new season by introducing us to The Doctor‘s (Ncuti Gatwa) new companion Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu). You can feel the writers trying to pull a bit from Clara Oswald here with Sethu having already been introduced as a different character (a distant relative of Belinda) in last season’s episode “Boom.” And like Clara, there’s some mystery for The Doctor to unravel about how he’s linked to Belinda who has a very bizarre day when she’s kidnapped from Earth by a race of robots (the best thing about the episode) and taken to a solar system named after her where, to her surprise, she’s a queen. 

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Watson – Take a Family History

  • Title: Watson – Take a Family History
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The past and present lies of Ingrid (Eve Harlow), including an incredibly coincidental connection to Mary (Rochelle Aytes), are brought out in the open when she’s forced to come clean after the sister (Kiera Allen) she snuck into the medical study starts to have complications. Even after bringing the case to Watson (Morris Chestnut) and the group, Ingrid attempts to initially hide what she’s done although eventually she’ll need to lay all her cards bare. We’re given extended flashbacks with younger actresses playing Ingrid and her sister (Amanda Arcuri and Beatrice Schneider) showcasing dark moments of the young woman’s past that put her onto her current path. Consequences of her current actions may make Moriarty’s (Randall Park) offer all the more appealing (which is really the point of the episode).

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Tracker – The Mercy Seat

  • Title: Tracker – The Mercy Seat
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Colter (Justin Hartley) runs into some trouble helping a friend (Diego Klattenhoff) search for a pair of missing snowboarders (Madison Lawlor and Lexi Simonsen) on top of a mountain. Although he finds the girls, Colter loses them by handing them off to a group he mistakes for helpful locals who are actual a fucked-up group of mountain folk (Sean Depner, Jedidiah Goodacre, and Ariana Guerra as a victim made part of the family) who turn them over to the head of their family (Sean Bridgers) and plan on torturing the girls for their pleasure. 

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Leverage: Redemption – The Weekend in Paris Job

  • Title: Leverage: Redemption – The Weekend in Paris Job
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Season Three of Leverage: Redemption opens with a simple job involving the theft of a Russian gangster’s golden owl statue that leads the crew to hide out at a posh party full of criminal oligarchs auctioning off natural resources amongst each other where they find a new case worth pursuing. The host of the gathering is Arizona Mike who is stealing water from a small town and selling it to the highest bidder. He’s also got one of his victims locked up in his empty vault.

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Matlock – I Was That, Too

  • Title: Matlock – I Was That, Too
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While attempting to get the truth out of Matty (Kathy Bates), who she sequesters in an unused room in the office, Olympia (Skye P. Marshall) must also deal with a very pregnant client in desperate need of immediate legal help to get away from her controlling husband before the birth of her child. Both stories have a bit of a ticking-clock element as Olympia can only keep Matty hidden for so long to grill her, eventually Sarah (Leah Lewis) and Billy (David Del Rio) do find her pulling her into the case, and their client going into labor forces even more immediate action.

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